i have watched the keith rowe vids, & read a # of interviews, i think his process is very interesting, he talks a lot about being influenced by painters/visual artists (he was trained as a painter originally)-just very interesting...

the funny thing in looking at the main list of guitarists, most of those guys have been around since early 80s making music (frisell, torn, tibbetts, etc)...i often wonder who are the ones today...or is the answer the folks on this list, many of whom i have discs from...